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Whirler

Definitions: Whirler

Whirler

Noun

1. A dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling.

2. A revolving mechanism.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Whirler

Synonym: whirling dervish (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Whirler

Specialty definitions using "whirler": claying-up workerETCHED-CIRCUIT PROCESSORfettlersander-up. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Whirler

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Sounds Captioned with "Whirler".

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Low whirler.
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Modern Translations: Whirler

Language Translations for "whirler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

چرخنده (Revolving, Rotary, Rotative, Wheeler). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σβουρίζων, στροβιλιστήσ (spinner, twirler, waltzer). (various references)

   

Manx

  

rollian (axle tree, cylinder, penis, pulley, reel, roller, roulette, shaft, sheave, spindle whorl, spool, troll, whirler of thing). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irlerwhay

   

Ukranian 

  

центрифуга (centrifugal, centrifuge). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Whirler

Derivations

Words beginning with "whirler": whirlers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Whirler"

Words rhyming with "whirler" (pronounced 'Whirl"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Whirler

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-r-r-w"

-2 letters: hirer, while, whirl, whirr, wirer, wrier.

-3 letters: elhi, heil, heir, herl, hire, lehr, lier, lire, lwei, riel, rile, weir, whir, wile, wire.

-4 letters: err, her, hew, hie, ire, lei, lie, rei.

-5 letters: eh, el, er, he, hi, li, re, we.

 Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-r-r-w"
 

+1 letter: whirlers, whirlier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Whirler


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 68 69 72 6C 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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